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is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope." -St. Francs Assisi
Taken from 1/10 Abundant Table service.
Each week we will highlight a different item from the week’s produce. All of our produce information and recipes
are available under Veggie Info and Recipes on our website www.jointhefarm.com
Meet Your Food: Pinquito Beans
Nutrition Background Preparation Storing
Suggestions
Pinquito Pinquito beans are an essential component of the traditional Santa A pot of Pinquito Store dry
beans are a Maria Style Barbecue menu. The history of Santa Maria Barbecue dates beans cooked with beans in
great back to the early 1800s, when the mainstay of the Early California enchilada and tomato a dry cool
source of economy was cattle and America's first cowboys, the colorful vaqueros, sauce, bacon, sugar cupboard.
protein, held large beef barbecues at the rancho following every cattle roundup. and mustard make a Soak
iron, The BBQ consisted of thick cuts of tri tip, seasoned with salt, pepper, and great side dish to any overnight
Vitamin C garlic salt, and cooked over Santa Maria Valley red oak coals. It was all week night meal, but before
and fiber. served with toasted sweet French bread to sop up the natural juices from are especially well cooking.
They are the serving pan, salsa, and a pot of Pinquito beans. Pinquito beans are suited for Santa Maria
also a good a cross between a pink bean and a small white bean. Their origins are style BBQ. Pinquitos
source of can be used a
a bit of a mystery. Some say the beans were given as a gift by a
Vitamin A. substitutes for any
Mexican vaquero to one of the early Swiss-Italian settlers. Pinquito
pinto bean recipe.
beans grow well in the fertile soil and mild climate of the Santa Maria
Valley, which is the only place where pinquito beans are grown
commercially.
Recipes!
Santa Maria style BBQ can happen in your Ventura County backyard with this authentic Santa Maria style
Pinquito bean recipe. This recipe can be made on your stove top or in your crockpot. Just toss all the
ingredients together and let the cooker go on low for about 6 hours. If you feel strongly about sticking to
Santa Maria style tradition, use the recipe as is. If you’re looking for another recipe to use up more of your
leafy greens, then add kale, chard, and mustard greens in the final cooking stages.
Santa Maria Style Pinquito Beans (from myrecipes.com)
Pick over and rinse 1 lb. pinquito beans. Place in a 6-quart pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil,
cover, take off heat and let sit 1 hour. Or, just let beans soak in water overnight.
Drain beans. Cover with fresh water, bring to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, and cook until tender,
anywhere from 40 to 90 minutes depending on the freshness of the beans. Drain, reserving beans
and 1 cup cooking liquid.
In a 5-quart pot over medium-high heat, cook 4 slices (about 1/4 lb.) bacon, chopped. When bacon
is crisp, remove all but 1 teaspoon of fat from the pan. Add 2 chopped onions (12 oz. total) and 2
cloves minced garlic to the pan. Cook, stirring, until onion just starts to brown. Add 1/2 cup tomato
purée, 1/2 cup red chile sauce or red enchilada sauce, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 teaspoon dry
mustard, and the pinquito beans and reserved liquid. Salt to taste. Bring to a boil, stirring often, then
lower heat and simmer for about 10 minutes to blend flavors.
www.jointhefarm.com CSA Newsletter
info@jointhefarm.com Week of Jan. 10th 2010
What’s In Your Box Meet Your Farm:
You will most likely find these items in your
box this week: We are in! This past Saturday we started at the Camarillo
Farmer’s Market. This Wednesday morning we will start at the
French Breakfast Radishes mid-town Ventura Farmer’s Market at the Pacific View Mall and
China Rose Radishes Butter Lettuce this Thursday afternoon we will be at the Thousand Oaks Famer’s
Market at the Oaks Mall. We had a fantastic time and a fantastic
Calendula Red Giant Mustard greens
turnout at the Camarillo Market. We saw current subscribers and
Ruby lettuce Broccoli
hopefully met future subscribers! We hope to see more
Lacinato Kale Early Wonder Beets
enthusiastic vegetable eaters at the markets this week!
Cilantro spinach
Chard Celery This week we are debuting dried Pinquito Beans! These beans are a
Oranges Mexican Limes cross between pink and white beans and are only grown in the Central
Daikon radishes (white and long) California area. We let these beans dry on the plants and had a great
Dried Pinquito Beans time experimenting with ways to shell them. The best shelling
technique so far: stuffing pillowcases with dried bean plants, hitting
Not sure what an item in your box is? them against a wall to release the beans from the pods, and pulling out
Check our website (under Join the Farm! the beans that sink to the bottom! Old fashioned dusty bean fun!
CSA-VEGGIE INFO) for pictures, nutritional Pinquito beans are a mainstay of one of Califonia’s oldest traditions-
info, preparation suggestions, history, and Santa Maria Style BBQ! Check out our recipe for Santa Maria Style
storage ideas for all produce in your box. Pinquito beans.
What the next few weeks looks like:
Yellow onions We didn’t have enough parsley to put in all the CSA boxes this week.
Baby Carrots So, check the Swap Box at your pick up site for the last of this round of
Baby Bok Choi parsley. Please take advantage of the Swap Box at your pick-up site.
Leave whatever items you won’t use and take something you will.
Upcoming Events
We have some great features on our website to help you navigate
Every Sunday at 5:30pm the exciting world that is your CSA box. We know your box is
Join us for The Abundant Table worship and dinner at exciting and maybe even a little intimidating. Check out our website
the Farm House! We share liturgy and break bread. www.jointhefarm.com under CSA to link to our vegetable guide chart
Food for the soul and then a potluck style dinner! All with pictures, nutritional info, storage, and preparation suggestions for
are welcome. most veggies. We also have a recipe section to help you turn your
produce into delicious dishes. If you’d like to check out last season’s
Every Monday at 5:30pm newsletters filled with info about the farmers and the farm, we’ve got
them archived under CSA newsletters.
Community yoga at the Farm House.
January 24th 4pm-8pm
We are starting off our winter CSA with much excitement around the
On January 24th from 4-8, the Abundant farm. We’ve picked some Zutano and Bacon avocados and they’re
Table will go to Temple Ner Ami in Camarillo ripening in brown bags. The interns will try them for ripeness soon-
for "Music, Spirituality, and Your Brain: so look for them in your boxes in the next few weeks! Along with
Experiencing Ancient Jewish, Islamic, Christian, avocados, winter season on the farm brings crops of turnips,
and Asian Meditations through Melody, artichokes, dill, different varieties of carrots, leeks, yellow onions, bok
Contemplation, Poetry, and Cuisine." Join us! $20 choi, and more!
Pre-registration by January 18th ($25 at door). To
register and for more information call 805-388-
3824.
Happy organic vegetable eating!
Yes! That’s fruit in your box!
The idea was so obvious. Let’s use fruit growing right in the backyard of the farmhouse in our CSA boxes!
While our backyard is not certified organic, we guarantee it is very local. The oranges and Mexican limes
have fed a few generations of DeBusscheres and are now spicing up the interns’ salad dressings and
recipes.
The Mexican limes, which look like mini-lemons, are great for any lemon or lime juice substitutions.